Revolution Song Ideas

Heroes of the American Revolution

George Rogers Clark - helped protect frontier lands

John Paul Jones - famous sea captain who fought against larger, better equipped ships and still won. "I have not yet begun to fight."

George Washington - Commander in chief of the Continental army and later president

Molly Pitcher - she brought water to the soldiers and when her husband got hurt, she took his place at the cannon

Nathan Hale - he was a spy in NYC and was hung by the British. "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country."

Ethan Allen - led The Green Mountain Boys who captured fort Ticonderoga

Francis Marion - led daring raids against the British, was called "Swamp Fox"

Marquis de Lafayette -

The Ride of Paul Revere

James Armistead

Crispus Attucks

Other Subjects

The Townshend Acts

The Boston Massacre

"No taxation without representation"

The Surrender at Yorktown

Washington Crossing the Delaware

The Boston Tea Party

The Sons of Liberty

Declaration of Independence

Battle of Bunker Hill

All of the Tax Acts

Surrender at Saratoga